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Aibu to wonder what makes Liam Gallagher a good frontman?

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Funkyslippers · 27/08/2024 15:14

OK I'll start by saying I've never really liked Oasis' songs but I think Noel is quite talented. I also like some of the stuff they've both done since Oasis. But whenever I see Liam perform either solo or with the band I can't help but wonder why people rate him so much? He just stands there with his hands behind his back (doesnt ge get neckache?) & hits a tambourine occasionally. He doesn't seem to have much stage presence. Happy to be proved wrong

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JumpingAtShadows1 · 28/08/2024 12:15

Yea well you just gotta roll with it

queenofarles · 28/08/2024 11:22

I don’t think Oasis would be Oasis without Liam as their Frontman, The Man was everything !
and judging by all the memes about going to work Dressed like Liam, down to the attitude is all the proof you need.

ItsZa · 28/08/2024 11:06

The comments about how bad his singing is now are a bit harsh even if they are true. It's because of medical issues.

TammyOne · 28/08/2024 09:45

Debbie Harry famously couldn't dance. She just stomped her feet a bit and moved her shoulders up and down. An entire nation fell in love with her and she still spawns tribute acts.
But she could sing and looked like an Alien Goddess…
Yeah I reckon Ian Brown would be a terrible shag. I think all rock stars would be tbh. It’s the ego.

Funkyslippers · 28/08/2024 09:36

JohnTheRevelator · 28/08/2024 00:56

*1 hour of self indulgent musical wanking 😂😂😂

Edited

Lucky it was only an hour. Some gigs these days last 3!

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Funkyslippers · 28/08/2024 09:35

altmember · 28/08/2024 00:13

If you're particularly attentive you might notice that sometimes he sings as well as shaking his tambourine.

It certainly isn't singing these days!

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MorrisZapp · 28/08/2024 09:32

TammyOne · 27/08/2024 19:29

I had a snog off Liam once, a hundred years ago, but didn’t take it further so cannot confirm or deny the dirty ashtray escape theory 😁
I never thought he could sing though. How come men can get away with being shit singers and revered frontmen but I honestly can’t think of any women who front bands and actually can’t sing?

Debbie Harry famously couldn't dance. She just stomped her feet a bit and moved her shoulders up and down. An entire nation fell in love with her and she still spawns tribute acts.

BTW my sister in laws sister shagged Ian Brown. It was tawdry - he sent a roadie to invite her upstairs, then proceeded to sing her a song she didn't recognise. Sex was nowt to write home about.

JohnTheRevelator · 28/08/2024 00:56

ghostyslovesheets · 27/08/2024 15:39

Sadly, as a huge Jam fan it was Paul Weller! 1 hour of self indulgent musical wanking!

*1 hour of self indulgent musical wanking 😂😂😂

JMSA · 28/08/2024 00:18

A friend of mine met him one night. Like properly, with lots of time, drinks and chat.
Said he couldn't have been any nicer Smile

altmember · 28/08/2024 00:13

Funkyslippers · 27/08/2024 15:14

OK I'll start by saying I've never really liked Oasis' songs but I think Noel is quite talented. I also like some of the stuff they've both done since Oasis. But whenever I see Liam perform either solo or with the band I can't help but wonder why people rate him so much? He just stands there with his hands behind his back (doesnt ge get neckache?) & hits a tambourine occasionally. He doesn't seem to have much stage presence. Happy to be proved wrong

If you're particularly attentive you might notice that sometimes he sings as well as shaking his tambourine.

DuncanThaw · 28/08/2024 00:09

TammyOne · 27/08/2024 19:29

I had a snog off Liam once, a hundred years ago, but didn’t take it further so cannot confirm or deny the dirty ashtray escape theory 😁
I never thought he could sing though. How come men can get away with being shit singers and revered frontmen but I honestly can’t think of any women who front bands and actually can’t sing?

Clearly you don't remember Sleeper.

DuncanThaw · 28/08/2024 00:07

I think they're music is lazy derivative crap, but what Liam had (he looks a state now and can't carry a tune in a bucket) was the X factor (before a shitty reality show misused the term) Oasis weren't the first band to get a scally lad, dressed like a football hooligan to give it a bit of swagger and plenty have tried since. but he has an undeniable something that you can't bottle, the lack of movement and lack of crowd interaction and moodiness is part of that aura.

MrJollyLivesNextDoor · 27/08/2024 23:31

DataPup · 27/08/2024 16:39

Pulp live around 1998 are in my top 10 of band performances. Jarvis was an amazing front man.

Love Jarvis

Remember on Shooting Stars when he got pulled over by a kitten which made holes in the knees of his trousers? Just made me love him more 🥰

Mercedes45 · 27/08/2024 23:17

Funkyslippers · 27/08/2024 15:23

I understand that but I'd say that to have charisma you need to actually move around the stage, not just stand there? Even musicians with guitars or other instruments come away from the mic for a bit to actually engage with the audience

He's so fuckin cool he doesn't need to. He sells out massive stadiums by just standing there and the crowd goes wild!

I CANNOT FUCKING WAIT

Ponoka7 · 27/08/2024 23:13

JanefromLondon1 · 27/08/2024 16:17

He's nothing like Mick Jagger. Young Mick Jagger was sexy, Liam would leave a dirty ashtray and an empty pint glass next to the bed and fuck off as soon as he came. Young Mick would have kept you up all night and you wouldn't have cared what he left behind.

I think he's vile. (Liam)

Jaggers love of underage girls would put most of us off him. You need to read the interviews were he's honest about groupies. I don't think anyone who needs that power imbalance and for them to be on drugs, would be a good shag.

tellingtalessometimes · 27/08/2024 22:58

Stage presence is one thing but what I personally love about him (both G brothers) is the music. He doesn't have to move or dance about because the words and music are so raw. Like a PP mentioned it's quite rare for Britpop bands from the day to be proper working class with tough backgrounds. If anyone knows or has read of their childhood it's awful. The songs convey alot of that. In contrast, Blur and the likes are are all a bunch of middle class champagne socialists pretending they know about the hard life but they don't. Liam and the band do, so their music, to me is enough to want to hear it live. Don't need prancing and fake staged performances.

Eldrick47s · 27/08/2024 20:16

Bit of a titbit for anyone interested (and this is genuine).

Oasis weren't originally Oasis (as many will know), and they couldn't use the name Oasis originally....why? Because my brother was in a band called Oasis.

The Gallaghers never got in contact with my brother's band, but their management did (wasn't Alan McGee). My brother's band, for a sum, then agreed to change their name. If I told folk the name that would be too outing; they did keep Oasis in the name, but a word followed it. Noel did mention this in an interview soon after this (I remember it as we laughed our heads off), but I'm not sure if its online, or if he (or anyone associated with the band) mentioned it in a book. My brother's group didnt get that much, the Oasis from Manchester (who followed the Oasis from Northern Ireland) hadn't hit the big time at that point, but they were obviously poised to given them getting in contact to use the name (a poxy act wouldnt have gone to that length).

Regards Liam, he has charisma, on stage and off it. He never looks at the person asking him a question (or at least he never used to). He appeared on an MTV show TRL (total request live) presented by Carson Daly in New York, and when asked how he was, he responded "God like". In terms of his singing, the elongated vowels (Sun-shee-ine) does make him stand out, and the way he sings upward with his arms behind his back is also a unique aspect to his stage presence. Although he isn't in the Freddie Mercury, Mick Jagger, Robert Plant class, he is still a great frontman.

teaandtoastwithmarmite · 27/08/2024 20:12

Getonwitit · 27/08/2024 19:09

He would make Bez look good.

I think he’d agree 😆

Funkyslippers · 27/08/2024 20:03

PeggyMitchellsCameo · 27/08/2024 19:49

Yes. Absolutely gorgeous man. Voice to match.

Definitely. My fave of all time!

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PeggyMitchellsCameo · 27/08/2024 19:49

Funkyslippers · 27/08/2024 19:26

Do you mean Muchael Hutchence?

Yes. Absolutely gorgeous man. Voice to match.

Bollihobs · 27/08/2024 19:48

"his considered stagewear"

He never takes that parka off, he'll never get the benefit of it when he goes out.....😂

DungareesAndTrombones · 27/08/2024 19:46

He's not a good front man he's wank.

Waitingfordoggo · 27/08/2024 19:44

x2boys · 27/08/2024 18:41

Yeah he was amazing live i saw him at at the Heineken festival in roundhey Park in 1995 they headlined ,best of all it was a,free festival!

I’ve seen them four times. First time was Wembley in about 2000, last was last year in Cardiff! They always put on a great show. I do though really regret not seeing them at Glastonbury in 1995 when I was 18, but that was just before they came onto my radar and I was in my first relationship at the time (which was shit) and I couldn’t have done something like go to a music festival. 😒

But yeah, Pulp are awesome!

Eldrick47s · 27/08/2024 19:44

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Freddie Mercury.

Itsallsostressful · 27/08/2024 19:32

NooNakedJacuzziness · 27/08/2024 15:43

"Put your fooking 'ands in the air and make some fooking noise" maybe

I love this 🤣 but think I love your username even more !!!

LG just has that 'thing'